• vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    11 months ago

    I was wondering what the deal was with northern Sweden. Is there any substantial economic activity there? Maybe mining?

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      11 months ago

      It’s a lot of mines, server halls, water power, wind farms, factories, refineries and a shitton of logging.

      Not that any of the population sees a dime of that “GDP per capita”.

      I would be very interested to a similar map with workers wages, it would be very illuminating

      • AItoothbrush@lemmy.zip
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        11 months ago

        Idk i know people who work in retail there and earn a lot of money. Even more if youre a doctor for example. The gdp still doesnt reflect the income but theres a pretty big boost so the people wont just move to a warmer place. Also the sami people are usually the ones that get the worse jobs but thats a problem for another day.